A Sweet Site For All Things Happy
July 1st was Canada Day. We are so lucky that we live so close to so much of the action. We are downtown Burlington and lucky enough to live within walking distance to an amazing park and community green space, Spencer Smith Park. This past weekend it was the site of an amazing Canada Day celebration. During the day there was lots to see, do and eat! We walked down in the afternoon to take in some of the activities,
I snapped this shot of my girls heading up the stairs for their last day of school for this school year.
I have a confession to share. I will be honest I am a bit sad that the school year is over. I am sad because it means another school year has passed, that my girls are getting older and they are growing up and learning to be their own people.
My youngest daughter is now finished grade 2. While she is happy to be moving on to grade 3, she is sad to be saying goodbye. She is saying goodbye for now to some friends BUT saying goodbye to a much loved teacher. This year my daughter’s grade 2 class had two teachers, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The afternoon teacher was Miss. Medlem. She was new to our school and the my daughter loved her.
Both my girls recently took part in a running race. It is called the Moon in June Kids Fun Run in downtown Burlington. The kids run 1 km. Every year my kids take part and every year I am extremely proud of them. I am proud because it takes guts to step out and run in front of so many people. I am proud because they are taking part in a great example of physical activity.
So… my daughter is now 10! Wow, double digits I can hardly believe it!
For her birthday she wanted to have a critter party, with LIVE critters. So I went on a search and found this great place called Creature Quest. The rep from the company comes to the house with a number of selected creatures and critters. Perfect! So my daughter made her list of creatures, including a hedgehog,
